What If They’re Supposed To Be Raped and Murdered?

What if the soul knows its purpose? Sounds very erudite doesn’t it? This little pearl of wisdom was shared with me in the throws of a party recently when I was confronted by a reader of my columns who had been “dying to meet me so as to share this theory.” I surprised myself by having a half-way decent discussion on the subject with the chap and left pondering the idea.

I’ve always had a hard time understanding why children, and especially newborn babies, or even unborn babies have to suffer the fate of early deaths, or abortions, or miscarriages, or even some of the horrific abuse that sometimes befalls these innocents. The mass misery suffered by the hoards of children in third world areas is also a debate with no apparent logical answer. I’m not talking about the physical reasons for their plight, like their circumstances, or the financial or emotional state of their parents.

I’m referring to the reason their souls became animated in the first place. And to engage in this thought process, one has to assume that we indeed have a soul and that its energy is constant and undergoes continued rebirth until it reaches one-ness with the universe. I would venture that the avatars like JC, Buddha, Mohammed even the likes of some of the so-called saints, Mother Theresa and co, probably reached that kind of evolution of the soul. If you don’t believe in that kinda thing, this discussion is probably the biggest load of horse droppings you’ve heard in a long time. But never mind, I look forward to your own erudite response at the end of my column. And it goes without saying of-course, that you’re entitled to your own beliefs and theories.

“The soul is pre-programmed, and knows its function,” said my new friend. “Even in the case of it being aborted, or dying soon after birth, or even suffering a horrific demise, like rape, or murder?”, was my response. “Absolutely! Think about it, what else makes sense?” he replied.

That would be an easy way to explain the often inexplicable and non-sensical nature of death and suffering wouldn’t it? I mean what if the concept of the evolution of the soul through different states of enlightenment did in-fact exist. And what if there was indeed a finite number of souls in the universe that keep on being reborn, or becoming reanimated until, over however long it takes, centuries in some cases, they continue to strive for that one-ness with the universe?

Another argument could also contend that the wayward souls, such as those belonging to the degenerates of society were in-fact going through a kind of learning or lesson. While the prodigious souls among us may be the ones in the teaching phase of their journey to Nirvana?

I have no hard and fast rule about the workings of the universe and have no problem with anyone latching onto any form of crutch, religious or otherwise to try and make sense of life. Whatever gets you through the day and does not lord itself as superior to anything else works for me.

I’m still pondering the theory of souls having their own set of instructions. It’s just a bit hard to accept that a particular soul’s instructions might read: “You will be born from John and Sarah Jackson, and you will live for one week, before you’re all going to get hit by a bus.” Or; “You will be born to a particular race of people who will endure eternal suffering and persecution, but don’t worry, you will be back soon after you die from starvation in a concentration camp.” Or; “You will be born to a monster of a parent who will keep you locked up in a cellar and together you and your father will be responsible for the release of a few more souls into the universe.”

The mysteries of life and death will forever remain unanswered. Until someone comes back from the abyss with un-tampered video evidence of what lies beyond of-course. But until then, all is fair in theories of the bizarre and unproven. Is it not?

 


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sheryl yeadon
09/05/2011 22:00

this is the biggest question in the universe. Do we have purpose or are we without and if there is purpose then why do terrible things happen to good people and why do good things happen to bad? I am of the mind that we are just like plants and its all really just random. Humanity is gross and that's why gross things happen. No pre-programming necessary. Try Richard Bach'x Illusions.

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